VeronicaGanz1887
New member
I live in texas
I hired a lawyer to help me with a custody situation; at my initial consultation, we discussed that this is an urgent situation that needed action before July and discussed several strategies. I paid her retainer the same day. This was the end of March.
Since then, I have not been able to get ahold of her. I have sent multiple emails and text messages to her, all without a response, and left multiple phone messages at her office, none of which were returned.
I have finally sent her a letter of termination and asked for a final invoice, with return of any unused retainer, along with a request for my file. This was sent a week ago with no response.
I have hired a new attorney and their office said perhaps they’ll have better luck getting ahold of my prior attorney.
In the event that my new attorney can not get ahold of my previous one, is this a situation where a grievance would be helpful or appropriate? I’m not sure what else to do.
I hired a lawyer to help me with a custody situation; at my initial consultation, we discussed that this is an urgent situation that needed action before July and discussed several strategies. I paid her retainer the same day. This was the end of March.
Since then, I have not been able to get ahold of her. I have sent multiple emails and text messages to her, all without a response, and left multiple phone messages at her office, none of which were returned.
I have finally sent her a letter of termination and asked for a final invoice, with return of any unused retainer, along with a request for my file. This was sent a week ago with no response.
I have hired a new attorney and their office said perhaps they’ll have better luck getting ahold of my prior attorney.
In the event that my new attorney can not get ahold of my previous one, is this a situation where a grievance would be helpful or appropriate? I’m not sure what else to do.